Spyware



June 18, 2008

Firefox 3 browser is nifty and packed with handy features (USA Today)

Filed under: Spyware News — Yahoo! News Search Results for spyware @ 7:45 pm
Even if you're an active Web surfer you probably don't pay much attention to the browser you are using. By default, you likely employ Microsoft's Internet Explorer on a Windows machine, if only because Internet Explorer sits right there on your desktop. The Apple crowd typically sticks with Safari.

Teens Charged With Loading Spyware, Changing Grades (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Filed under: Spyware News — Yahoo! News Search Results for spyware @ 6:30 pm
Two Orange County teenagers have been charged with breaking into school computers, installing spyware and altering grades.

Selectable Output Control (SOC) for Video Content: It’s All About Control (Electronic Frontier Foundations)

Filed under: Spyware News — Yahoo! News Search Results for spyware @ 5:45 pm
Counter Spy Act -- Pro-Privacy or Anti-Piracy? A new bill in the Senate is designed to fight spyware -- but Ed Foster says it provides a loophole for software makers who would like the ability to remotely disable software that is suspected of being pirated.

Body Armor for Your PC (Richfield Reaper)

Filed under: Spyware News — Yahoo! News Search Results for spyware @ 5:33 pm
(ARA) - We take the good with the bad: The same technologies that gave us the Internet and unprecedented opportunities have also brought us adware, spyware, viruses, phishing and a growing host of online threats. Malware - malicious software - is more than a nuisance.

Facebook Phish

Filed under: Spyware News — Christopher Boyd @ 4:27 pm

Still running Windows ME? Anti-spyware options are limited (Belleville News-Democrat)

Filed under: Spyware News — Yahoo! News Search Results for spyware @ 3:24 pm
Q. I have been trying to find a free anti-spyware program, but none of the ones I've tried would work because my Windows ME (Millennium) operating system doesn't meet their requirements. Are there any of these programs that will work with ME?

Still running Windows ME? Anti-spyware options are limited (The State)

Filed under: Spyware News — Yahoo! News Search Results for spyware @ 3:24 pm
Q. I have been trying to find a free anti-spyware program, but none of the ones I've tried would work because my Windows ME (Millennium) operating system doesn't meet their requirements. Are there any of these programs that will work with ME? A. Because Windows ME is an 8-year-old operating system, there isn't much software available for it. I suggest you check out the free "Pasaio Privacy And ...

Still running Windows ME? Anti-spyware options are limited (Miami Herald)

Filed under: Spyware News — Yahoo! News Search Results for spyware @ 3:23 pm
Q. I have been trying to find a free anti-spyware program, but none of the ones I've tried would work because my Windows ME (Millennium) operating system doesn't meet their requirements. Are there any of these programs that will work with ME?

Is there anybody home? Hello?

Filed under: Spyware News — Doug Woodall @ 12:16 pm
As was commented on over at SlashDot.org, It’s a pretty sad statement about a product when people are willing to pay MORE not to use it.
clipped from computerworld.com
Want XP on a new Dell? You’ll pay up to $50 extra for the aging OS

Buyers of the low-priced Vostro line of desktops and notebooks will pay $20 to $50 more for Windows XP Professional installed as a “downgrade” from Windows Vista Business or Vista Ultimate than they would for Vista only.

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Newport Beach Students Allegedly Hacked Computer To Change Grades (NBC 4 Los Angeles)

Filed under: Spyware News — Yahoo! News Search Results for spyware @ 12:02 pm
An 18-year-old high school senior was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on charges alleging he and a schoolmate hacked into their school's computer in a scheme to improve their chances of college admission.
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